Shoe attachment



Nov. 7, 1939. H. FARLIN 2,179,173

SHOE ATTACHMENT Filed March 3, 1959 q TIEv-i- 1'1 E..

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HELPIE 'FFIHLIN- BT11 W HTTDE'NE HS Patented Nov. 7, 1939 UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE 2 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in shoe attachments and hasparticular reference to a creeper.

L The principal object of this invention is to produce a detachablecreeper or spiked arrangement which may be attached to the sole of ashoe when desired.

A further object is to produce a device of this character which issimple in construction, lightweight, and readily adjustable to shoes ofdifferent widths.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent during the course of thefollowing description.

In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification and inwhich like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout thesame,

Fig. 1 is a top plan view of my device showing the lever inlockedposition;

Fig, 2 abottom plan view of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 Ba side elevationof Fig. 1;; and

Fig. 4 illustrates the manner in which the device may be attached to thesole of a shoe.

It often occurs that a person encountering a slippery condition, as, forinstance, on dry grass,

slippery rocks, ice, and the like, is liable to fall unless some meansis provided for preventing slippage. It has been common practice toemploy hob nails, as well as. edge nails in the soles of shoes; but thisarrangement does not permit the user to remove'the nails from the soleswhen there is no use for the same. It is also true that some golfersdesire to have hobs in the bottom oftheir shoes and,consequent1y, haveto wear a different pair of shoes on the links than for street wear.

Applicant has, therefore, devised a simple creeper arrangement which maybe quickly attached and detached from the shoe.

In the accompanying drawing wherein for the purpose of illustration isshown a preferred embodiment of my invention, the numeral 5 designates atop plate having a slideway 6 in which a slide l is adjustably held byscrews'a extending 45 into the plate 5. The plate 5 also has a hookedextremity 9 which turns upwardly and is adapted to engage the edge ofthe sole of the shoe, as

illustrated in Fig. 4. Mounted upon the slide 1 is a clamping member II, which is loosely mounted so as to be moved through the action of thecam i2 formed on the end of the lever l3. A bottom plate I4 isresiliently mounted on the 5 top plate 5 and is held spaced therefrom byrubber wedges i6. Mounted upon the bottom of the plate M are hobs I 7.These hobs may be of the removable type if desired.

As a result of this construction, when the device is adjusted by meansof the screws 8 to approximately the width of the sole of the shoe, andwith the lever It in the downward dotted line position, the device maybe placed upon the sole of the shoe so that the hooked extremity 9 andthe clamping member l i contact the edges of the sole. Then by swingingthe lever E3 to the full line position, the camming effect thereof willdraw these parts together and securely attach the de vice to the sole ofa shoe. 20

It will thus be seen that my device will accomplish all the objectsabove set forth.

It is to be understood that the form of my invention herewith shown anddescribed is to be taken as a preferred example of the same and thatvarious changes relative to the material, size, shape and arrangement ofparts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of theinvention or the scope of the subjoined claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. A dismountable creeper for shoes including a top plate and a bottomplate resiliently held one to the other, hobs carried by said bottomplate, and an adjustable clamping means carried by said top plate,whereby said creeper may be attached to the sole of a shoe. 7

2. In a device of the character described, a top plate having a grooveformed therein, a slider adjustably secured in said groove, a hookedextremity carried by said plate, a clamping mem- V 40 ber mounted onsaid slider and coasting with said hooked extremity to engage the soleof a shoe, a cam for moving said clamping member toward said hookedextremity, and a bottom plate resiliently secured to said top plate,said bottom plate having hobs positioned therein.

HELMER FARLIN.

